US Charges Chinese For Hacking

The US has charged five Chinese army officers with hacking into private-sector American companies to gain advantage. This is the first cyber-espionage case of this kind. These breaches, according to Attorney General Eric Holder, are "significant" and need some sort of "an aggressive response". The prosecutors say the officers stole trade secrets and internal documents from five companies, and a trade union. The US and China have sparred over these cyber attacks before. The men that were charged are the first known "actors for infiltrating U.S. commercial targets by cyber means". The targeted companies were Westinghouse Electric, US Steel, Alcoa Inc, Allegheny Technologies, Solar World and the US Steelworkers Union. There seems to be no known motive for this hacking other than to advantage over the state-owned companies.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27475324

Robot Arm Approved

A robot arm that can pick up fragile objects has been approved by US medical authorities. Known as the Deka Arm, it has fingers that can move like real ones which makes it easier for amputees to eat, zip up clothes, and even unlock doors. Current devices are based on metal hooks and other designs which are over 100 years old. The Arm was developed with $40 million of research from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) along with another $100 million to help the research project and improve the range of robot limbs. Most of the improvements on prosthetic limbs has been focused on the legs rather than arms or hands. This new prosthetic arm has been designed to look more realistic than the split metal hooks designed in 1912.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27373329

Boko Haram to Sell Abducted Girls

A Nigerian Islamist militant group has threatened to sell hundreds of schoolgirls they abducted three weeks ago. The militant leader, Abubakar Shekau sent a video obtained by AFP news, in which was the first time they admitted for taking the girls. 230 are believed to be missing, prompting widespread criticism of the Nigerian government. The Boko Haram have left thousands dead since 2009. The girls were taken from their school in Chibok in the northern state of Borno on April 14th. "Boko Haram", which measn "Western education is forbidden" has staged numerous attacks on educational institutions in northern Nigeria. In the released video, Shekau said that the girls shoud have been married instead of given an education. He also said, "God instructed me to sell them, they are his properties and I will carry out his instructions."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27283383